Antonis Kapnidis (, born 15 August 1992) is a Greek professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian

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club

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Career

Kapnidis began his career at the infrastructure segments of his hometown club Iraklis. At age 19, Kapnidis was transferred to

Agrotikos Asteras Agrotikos Asteras Football Club () is a Evosmos-based football club, currently playing in Gamma Ethniki. It was founded in 1932 by refugees from Asia Minor. History Agrotikos Asteras was founded from Greek refugees from Asia Minor, that formerly ...

in the

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, where he had 31 appearances and scored one goal. In the summer of 2012, he signed with Doxa Drama, where he stayed until January 2013. He then moved to Anagennisi Giannitsa, where he had 20 appearances and one goal by the end of the year. In the 2013–14 season, he played for Football League North side

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, scoring seven times in 23 matches. His performances with

drew the attention of renowned former

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, which at the time played in the third national Division, due to financial problems. In his first season with

, Kapnidis scored 10 goals in 30 appearances, but the club narrowly missed out on promotion as they finished in second place. In his second season with the club, Kapnidis scored 21 goals in 29 appearances, helping

promote to the

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. On 12 July 2016, he was rewarded for his outstanding performances, with a new three-year contract. His playing time was however significantly limited, and on 30 January 2018 Kapnidis opted to terminate his contract with the club on mutual consent. He signed with fellow

side Doxa Drama, but made only 6 appearances for the club before being released from his contract after filing a claim against the club for unpaid wages. In the summer of 2018, Kapnidis joined fellow

team

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on a two-year contract. In July 2021 he signed a year contract with Lithuanian

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Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kapnidis, Antonis 1992 births Living people Footballers from Thessaloniki Greek men's footballers Men's association football forwards Agrotikos Asteras F.C. players Doxa Drama F.C. players Kavala F.C. players Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Ergotelis F.C. players Digenis Akritas Morphou FC players Xanthi F.C. players FK Panevėžys players Veria NFC players Proodeftiki F.C. players ASD Città di Gallipoli players SSD Città di Acireale 1946 players Football League (Greece) players Super League Greece 2 players A Lyga players Serie D players Greek expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Greek expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania Greek expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Greek expatriate sportspeople in Italy 21st-century Greek sportsmen